Securedsearch.lavasoft.com hijacker - How to remove

Are you constantly being redirected to Securedsearch.lavasoft.com when browsing the Internet? That would be because a browser hijacker was installed. Securedsearch.lavasoft.com comes with a malware removal program made by Lavasoft. Specifically, Securedsearch.lavasoft.com redirects are caused by the browser extension called Adaware Secure Search. It is not easy to get rid of. Although Adaware Secure Search is not a virus, nor malicious, it can be quite annoying. You may want to stop the Securedsearch.lavasoft.com redirects. If so, follow this article and you will learn how to do it.

In short about Securedsearch.lavasoft.com hijacker:

Classification	Browser hijacker.
Why Securedsearch.lavasoft.com is problematic	Accidental, unwanted installation of Adaware Secure Search, search redirects to Lavasoft.gosearchresults.com and other low-quality search engines, a lack of useful features.
How hijackers get installed	Installed by another Adaware program, bundled with unrelated free programs.
How to stop Securedsearch.lavasoft.com redirects	Uninstall the Adaware Secure Search browser extension, restore your browser settings, check your computer with an anti-malware program (Combo Cleaner for macOS, Spyhunter for Windows, others).

About Securedsearch.lavasoft.com hijacker

Search hijacker

Securedsearch.lavasoft.com appears as a homepage on Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome and Safari browsers.

While Securedsearch.lavasoft.com is showing up in your browser, it is there to take over your Internet searches. When you type in a search query, Adaware Secure Search redirects to Lavasoft.gosearchresults.com. The search results are fine, though with more ads than is normal. There are no options to filter the results based on date or language. Image, video, and news results open in Yahoo.com. Overall, it’s not very user-friendly.

Securedsearch.lavasoft.com comes with the Adaware Secure Search browser extension. While this extension is installed, it locks down the browser settings that control how you access and search the internet. To stop Securedsearch.lavasoft.com, you would need to

• remove Adaware Secure Search,
• remove or disable other problematic browser extensions,
• and then check and change (if needed) browser settings that control your new tab page, your home page, and your default search engine.

Browsers being hijacked by Securedsearch.lavasoft.com is an old issue. But, surprisingly, complaints about it still pop up from time to time (Reddit.com). And, according to web analytics, the traffic to Securedsearch.lavasoft.com is steadily rising.

The Securedsearch.lavasoft.com hijacker comes with an anti-malware suite but does not provide any useful service, in my opinion. Due to this fact, I strongly recommend removing Adaware Secure Search and resetting the search page to Google or Bing for the best search results.

Accidental installation

Browser redirects to Securedsearch.lavasoft.com wouldn’t be such a problem if everyone who got it had consented to it. But those who complain about Securedsearch.lavasoft.com hijacking their searches say that they didn’t mean to install Adaware Secure Search. They say it appeared after them installing an unrelated program, such as the uTorrent client.

Junkware and potentially unwanted applications installing with unrelated programs is a consequence of bundling. Sometimes, freeware developers monetize their software by bundling it with promoted apps. Other times, malicious actors take free programs, package them with junkware, and then redistribute them.

Whatever happened, it appears as though Securedsearch.lavasoft.com is still something to look out for. Browser hijackers are still a problem, with SmashApps, Search Tab, and others being installed on tens of thousands and even hundreds of thousands of browsers. The goal of these hijackers is to collect data about users and advertise to them while remaining inconspicuous and avoiding removal.

How to remove Securedsearch.lavasoft.com

Remove Adaware Secure Search browser from your browser by following the extension removal instructions below. If you have Web Companion installed, consider if you really want to use it. It is still considered by some to be a potentially unwanted program.

You could manually check your computer for malware or you could use an anti-malware program (Combo Cleaner for Mac, Spyhunter for PC, or another program that you are comfortable with). You can also use anti-malware apps to remove Adaware Secure Search and other potentially unwanted programs for you.

Once you’re sure you have no unwanted browser extensions or programs on your computer, go ahead and check your browser settings: what your home page is, how you want your new tab pages to look, and what your search engine should be. Instructions specific to each web browser can be found in the following section.

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Manual removal of Securedsearch.lavasoft.com hijacker

How to remove lavasoft hijacker using Windows Control Panel

Many hijackers and adware like Securedsearch.lavasoft.com hijacker install some of their components as regular Windows programs as well as additional software. This part of malware can be uninstalled from the Control Panel. To access it, do the following.

• Start→Control Panel (older Windows) or press Windows Key→Search and enter Control Panel and then press Enter (Windows 8, Windows 10).
• Choose Uninstall Program (if you don't see it, click in the upper right next to "View by" and select Category).
• Go through the list of programs and select entries related to lavasoft hijacker . You can click on "Name" or "Installed On" to reorder your programs and make Securedsearch.lavasoft.com hijacker easier to find.
• Click the Uninstall button. If you're asked if you really want to remove the program, click Yes.
• In many cases anti-malware programs are better at detecting related parasites, thus I recommend installing Spyhunter to identify other programs that might be a part of this infection.

How to remove lavasoft hijacker from macOS

Delete Securedsearch.lavasoft.com hijacker from your applications.

1. Open Finder.
2. In the menu bar, click Go.
3. Select Applications from the dropdown.
4. Find the lavasoft hijacker app.
5. Select it and right-click it (or hold the Ctrl and click the left mouse button).
6. In the dropdown, click Move to Bin/Trash. You might be asked to provide your login password.

TopHow To remove Securedsearch.lavasoft.com hijacker from Google Chrome:

• Click on the 3 horizontal lines icon on a browser toolbar and Select More Tools→Extensions
  
• Select all malicious extensions and delete them.
  
• Click on the 3 horizontal lines icon on a browser toolbar and Select Settings
  
• Select Manage Search engines
  
• Remove unnecessary search engines from the list
  
• Go back to settings. On Startup choose Open blank page (you can remove undesired pages from the set pages link too).
• If your homepage was changed, click on Chrome menu on the top right corner, select Settings. Select Open a specific page or set of pages and click on Set pages.
  
• Delete malicious search websites at a new Startup pages window by clicking “X” next to them.
  

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings

If you are still experiencing any issues related to Securedsearch.lavasoft.com hijacker, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.

• Click on a Chrome’s menu button (three horizontal lines) and select Settings.
• Scroll to the end of the page and click on theReset browser settings button.
  
• Click on the Reset button on the confirmation box.
  

If you cannot reset your browser settings and the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program.

How To remove Securedsearch.lavasoft.com hijacker from Firefox:Top

• Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Mozilla window and select the “Add-ons” icon (Or press Ctrl+Shift+A on your keyboard).
  
• Go through Extensions and Addons list, remove everything Securedsearch.lavasoft.com hijacker related and items you do not recognise. If you do not know the extension and it is not made by Mozilla, Google, Microsoft, Oracle or Adobe then you probably do not need it.
  
• If your homepage was changed, click on the Firefox menu in the top right corner, select Options → General. Enter a preferable URL to the homepage field and click Restore to Default.
  

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings If you are still experiencing any issues related to lavasoft hijacker, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.

• Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Mozilla Firefox window. Click on the Help button.
  
• ChooseTroubleshooting Information on the Help menu.
  
• Click on theReset Firefox button.
  
• Click on the Reset Firefox button on the confirmation box. Mozilla Firefox will close and change the settings to default.
  

If the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program to identify malicious entries.

How to remove Securedsearch.lavasoft.com hijacker from Microsoft Edge:Top

• Click on the menu button on the top right corner of a Microsoft Edge window. Select “Extensions”.

• Select all malicious extensions and delete them.

• Click on the three-dot menu on the browser toolbar and Select Settings

• Select Privacy and Services and scroll down. Press on Address bar.

• Choose Manage search engines.

• Remove unnecessary search engines from the list: open the three-dot menu and choose Remove.

• Go back to Settings. Open On start-up.
• Delete malicious search websites at Open specific page or pages by opening the three-dot menu and clicking Delete.

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings If you are still experiencing any issues related to Securedsearch.lavasoft.com hijacker, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings

• Click on Edge's menu button and select Settings. Click on the Reset Settings button on the left.
• Press the Restore settings to their default values option.

• Click on the Reset button on the confirmation box.

If you cannot reset your browser settings and the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program.

How to remove Securedsearch.lavasoft.com hijacker from Safari:Top

Remove malicious extensions

• Click on Safari menu on the top left corner of the screen. Select Preferences.
  
• Select Extensions and uninstall lavasoft hijacker and other suspicious extensions.
  
• If your homepage was changed, click on Safari menu on the top left corner of the screen. Select Preferences and choose General tab. Enter preferable URL to the homepage field.
  

(Optional) Reset your browser’s settings(older versions) If you are still experiencing any issues related to Securedsearch.lavasoft.com hijacker, reset the settings of your browser to its default settings.

• Click on Safari menu on the top left corner of the screen. Select Reset Safari…
  
• Select which options you want to reset (usually all of them come preselected) and click on the Reset button.
  

If you cannot reset your browser settings and the problem persists, scan your system with an anti-malware program.